Explainer · 0:53 · silent, with on-screen words
Twenty years of eclipses from Georgetown, Guyana: which eclipses of the Moon you can see and how well, the partial eclipses of the Sun, and the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2045.
Shows Georgetown (6.80° N, 58.16° W), every lunar and solar eclipse with any phase above the horizon from 1 Oct 2026 to the end of 2045, Guyana time.
From the lesson Eclipses from Guyana, 2026-2045.
A silent explainer drawn from the eclipse guide’s own catalogue. It plays the years from October 2026 to the end of 2045 as a timeline: every eclipse of the Moon (above the line) and of the Sun (below it) that Georgetown, Guyana, can see, and how much of each.
Eclipses of the Moon, Guyana time: evening of 20 Feb 2027: penumbral, faint shading only; night of 16/17 Aug 2027: penumbral, faint shading only; night of 11/12 Jan 2028: partial (3% in the umbra), the whole eclipse seen; night of 25/26 Jun 2029: total (102 minutes of totality), the whole eclipse seen; evening of 20 Dec 2029: total (54 minutes of totality), all of totality seen; evening of 9 Dec 2030: penumbral, faint shading only; night of 6/7 May 2031: penumbral, faint shading only; night of 29/30 Oct 2031: penumbral, faint shading only; evening of 18 Oct 2032: total (47 minutes of totality), only at the horizon; evening of 14 Apr 2033: total (49 minutes of totality), only at the horizon; before dawn on 8 Oct 2033: total (79 minutes of totality), the partial phase seen; night of 27/28 Sep 2034: partial (under 1% in the umbra), the whole eclipse seen; night of 21/22 Feb 2035: penumbral, faint shading only; evening of 18 Aug 2035: partial (5% in the umbra), the whole eclipse seen; evening of 11 Feb 2036: total (75 minutes of totality), 49 minutes of totality seen; night of 6/7 Aug 2036: total (95 minutes of totality), the whole eclipse seen; night of 26/27 Jul 2037: partial (85% in the umbra), the whole eclipse seen; night of 20/21 Jan 2038: penumbral, faint shading only; night of 16/17 Jun 2038: penumbral, faint shading only; before dawn on 26 May 2040: total (92 minutes of totality), only at the horizon; evening of 18 Nov 2040: total (88 minutes of totality), only at the horizon; evening of 15 May 2041: partial (3% in the umbra), the whole eclipse seen; night of 7/8 Nov 2041: partial (10% in the umbra), the whole eclipse seen; before dawn on 29 Sep 2042: penumbral, faint shading only; night of 18/19 Sep 2043: total (72 minutes of totality), the whole eclipse seen; evening of 13 Mar 2044: total (66 minutes of totality), only at the horizon; before dawn on 7 Sep 2044: total (34 minutes of totality), the partial phase seen; night of 2/3 Mar 2045: penumbral, faint shading only.
Eclipses of the Sun covering at least 1% of it from Georgetown: Wed 26 Jan 2028: partial from Georgetown, 70% of the Sun covered at 10:54 GYT; Tue 12 Sep 2034: partial from Georgetown, 5% of the Sun covered at 12:12 GYT; Tue 5 Jan 2038: partial from Georgetown, 79% of the Sun covered at 08:17 GYT; Fri 2 Jul 2038: partial from Georgetown, 75% of the Sun covered at 07:50 GYT; Sat 12 Aug 2045: total from Georgetown, 100% of the Sun covered at 14:47 GYT, 4 min 50 s of totality.
Lunar eclipses are safe to watch with the naked eye. Never look at the Sun, even when most of it is covered, without a certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse filter.